All three sculptures demonstrate the artists mastery, but in apollo and daphne the artist pushes the extremity of the material. Berninis apollo and daphne is an unnerving depiction of. Jun 29, 2004 this article focuses on his apollo and daphne, the work that established his international reputation. The story tells the famous greek mythology apolon and daphne by the roman poet ovid. Gian lorenzo bernini, apollo and daphne, 162225, carrara marble, 243 cm high galleria borghese, rome a conversation with dr. Oct 05, 2012 in works like apollo and daphne 162225 and the ecstasy of st. Apollo and daphne is a lifesized baroque marble sculpture by italian artist gian lorenzo. They were named after the dragon python that was the son of the earth and guarded the sanctuary in delphi. He played a huge part in creating daphne s transformation.
Photograph of bernini s marble statue of apollo and daphne, displayed at the galleria borghese. Gian lorenzo bernini, apollo and daphne smarthistory. The myth is an abstract realization along the lines of the expressionistic painters, like wassily kandinsky and august macke. In his david 162324, bernini depicts the figure casting a stone at an. Bernini, apollo and daphne video italy khan academy. The sculpture is largely based on ovids metamorphoses that depicts the love story of apollo, who was the god of healing and the sun, and daphne, a river nymph. Teresa 164552, superhumanly beautiful gods, angels and humans seem animated from within by a relentlessly striving. Bernini, apollo and daphne, 162225 galleria borghese, rome voices. The sculpture was commissioned by cardinal scipione borghese in 1622. Gian lorenzo bernini, apollo and daphne 1622 1625, galleria borghese, rome. Oct 29, 2014 apollo and daphne by bernini in order to fully appreciate the sculpture of apollo and daphne by bernini, we need to understand the myth that it represents from ovids metamorphoses.
In his sculpture of the mythological daphne, who was transformed into a laurel tree by her father to elude the unwanted attentions of apollo, bernini showed daphne s skin changing to bark, her. Apollo and daphne is a very graphic sculpture that was created in 16221625 by an italian artist by the name of gian lorenzo bernini. Material and social transformations columbia university. Apollo and daphne is also another example of a sensual moment in berninis work. Using contemporary literary sources, including poetic evocations of the borghese collection, guidebooks, diaries and biographies of the artist, it examines bernini s theatrical conception of sculpture with specific reference to this early work. This artwork is made is carrara marble and stands two hundred fortythree centimeters or eight feet in height, and was created by bernini between the years 1622 and 1625. Gian lorenzo bernini, apollo and daphne, 162225, carrera marble, 243 cm high galleria borghese, rome a conversation with dr. Gian lorenzo bernini, pluto and proserpina persephone, 162122, carrara marble, 225 cm high galleria borghese, rome a conversation between dr. The guile of his chisel is evident to us in his uncanny. Feb 16, 2011 another amazing early work of berninis is his apollo and daphne, which depicts the very moment in the mythological tale that daphne turns into a tree after she is captured by apollo, the result of a spell cast by her father the river god. Apollo, the greekroman god of music, poetry, art, the sun and a great warrior, mocked the god of.
The marble sculpture apollon and daphne by bernini acts as reference fort he metamorphose of daphne. Although it has since been moved into the center of the room, originally the sculpture was located near the wall, such that the viewer would first approach it from behind. Jan 15, 2015 gian lorenzo bernini apollo and daphne 162225 artdone. Steven zucker smarthistory images for teaching and learning. Apollo and daphne, gian lorenzo bernini 1622 1625 17th. Therefore, bernini would have been steeped in this standard catholic tradition, even if only to create a reputation of conformity.
The artist was likely inspired by the classical sculpture apollo belvedere circa 2nd century ce as well as the ancient roman poet ovids rendition of the myth. Ovidian apollo and daphne, a double metamorphosis in which we see both the. Apollo was heartbroken at the loss of daphne and to remember her for ever, he made the laurel the symbol of tribute to poets. Bernini supplied an original interpretation of the ancient buildings of early christian worship. Proserpina is the latin variant of the mythic greek persephone. Berninis apollo and daphne at the villa borghese this essay extends recent debate on the performative aspects of art. The story of daphne is an example of an etiological myth one that is strongly explanatory of why certain things in their culture were a certain way. Dec 08, 20 apollo and daphne like the david, is one of berninis earliest masterpieces, he created this artwork in his midtwenties for the home of the cardinal scipione borghese. Vision, touch, and the poetics of berninis apollo and daphne.
In ovids telling, the story begins with a pissing contest between two male gods. It is believed that giuliano finelli was part of the creation of apollo and daphne sculpture. In order to execute the david, brought to conclusion in a fury of inspiration within the space of a few months, bernini was obliged to interrupt this work. Dec 03, 2012 the sculpture apollo and daphne was crafted by the famous italian sculpture bernini. The sculptor of the roman baroque london, 1981 other readings joy kenseth, berninis borghese sculptures. Apollo and daphne the story of apollo and daphne is a famous greek myth, where the river nymph daphne turns herself into a laurel tree in order to escape apollos advances. Gian lorenzo bernini apollo and daphne 162225 youtube. Apollo and daphne is a story from ancient greek mythology, retold by hellenistic and roman authors in the form of an amorous vignette. Housed in the galleria borghese in rome, the work depicts the climax of the story of apollo and daphne phoebus and daphne in ovid s metamorphoses. Commissioned by the borghese family it marks the last work bernini did for the family. It depicts a nude man grabbing at a nude woman who is trying to flee even as she transforms into a tree.
Apollo and daphne is a marble sculpture with lifesized dimensions. Bernini created the apollo and daphne over a threeyear. The apollo and daphne, in which the metamorphosis 1 st visit 7 apollo and daphne the little goat amantea. Vision, touch, and the poetics of berninis apollo and daphne authors. In this sculpture, bernini depicts the mythological drama that occurs between apollo, god of music and poetry, and daphne, a virginal nymph. In delphi the pythian games came to life every fourth year, starting with the olympics in 586 b. This scene was made famous by the 1625 baroque masterpiece by bernini, and is considered to be one of his greatest works.
Note that pythia, the priestess in the oracle of delphi, was chewing leaves of laurel to communicate with apollo and give her prophesies to people. This article focuses on his apollo and daphne, the work that established his international reputation. The subject of the sculpture may seem a bit odd when considering it was carved for cardinal scipione borghese. Media in category apollo and daphne bernini the following 52 files are in this category, out of 52 total. Bachelorarbeit, masterarbeit, hausarbeit oder dissertation. Download scientific diagram apollo and daphne, gian lorenzo bernini 1622 1625 17th century, marble, full relief. Daphne is being pursued in a chase by a love sick apollo, and just as she is running out of strength she cries out to her father, the river god, to change her form which has caused this problem.
For the bernini sculpture, see apollo and daphne bernini. Metamorphoses apollo and daphne summary book reports. Ma nello stesso tempo i loro movimenti sono indirizzati nella direzione opposta, mantenedo apollo e dafne ben ancorati a terra. Taking as a case study the marble group of apollo and daphne, sculpted by giovan lorenzo bernini for cardinal scipione borghese in the 1620s, this paper discusses the exchange between sculpture. Bernini seems to have been following later sixteenthcentury practices, which themselves followed the examples of more ancient techniques. Gian lorenzo bernini, apollo and daphne 16221625, galleria. Looking at gian lorenzo berninis apollo and daphne, we can see characteristics of the overthetop baroque style.
Apollo and daphne, marble sculpture by gian lorenzo bernini, 162224. Apollo and daphne is a lifesized baroque marble sculpture by italian artist gian lorenzo bernini, executed between 1622 and 1625. The sculpture shows the immense masterful craftsmanship of bernini as he painstakingly recreates the apex of the story behind phoebus and daphne. Dec 03, 2016 gian lorenzo bernini, apollo and daphne, 162225, carrara marble, 243 cm high galleria borghese, rome a conversation with dr. The look of longing on apollo s face is still apparent, both of them appear to still be moving, as if in midchase, and the transformative depiction of daphne. Gian lorenzo bernini, italian artist and architect, follows this tradition in his sculptural adaptation of ovids apollo and daphne. Gian lorenzo bernini roman, 1598 1680 bernini, giovanni lorenzo, bernini, gianlorenzo. Cardinal scipione borghese commissioned apollo and daphne from bernini in 1622 to replace the rape of persephone that he had given to cardinal ludovisi. Ovid, daphne and apollo, from the metamorphoses readings on butler reserve howard hibbard, bernini baltimore, 1965 rudolf wittkower, gian lorenzo bernini. We see the longing in apollos eyes and the look of shock on daphnes face, but the very touch of apollos hand on daphnes nowbark flesh tells the story. The mythological story about apollo and daphne is interpreted as the first erotic metamorphosis.
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